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Key Architecture Databases
- Art & Architecture CompleteFull-text coverage of 380 periodicals and 200+ books. Includes cover-to-cover indexing for 780+ academic journals, magazines, and trade publications; selective coverage for 70 additional publications; and 63,000+ images
- Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsThe database explores the current literature of architecture and design, covering international, scholarly, and popular periodical writing in its index, with coverage dating back to 1930, and in selective cases back to 1860.
- ArchivisionThe Archivision Digital Research Library is currently comprised of over 100,000 images of (landscape and regular) architecture, archaeological sites, gardens, urban design, and art.
- JSTORWith more than 2 million images* (and growing), scholars can easily examine wide-ranging material such as Native American art from the Smithsonian, treasures from the Louvre, and modern architectural plans from Columbia University.
Composed of approximately 300 curated sub-collections, Artstor supports and enriches study across disciplines, including world events from Magnum Photos, anthropology from Harvard’s Peabody Museum, and archaeology from Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Art Archives and, making it a resource for your whole institution.
- RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Online CatalogueThe British Architectural Library is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. It is regarded as the national collection on architecture in the UK. The Library was established in 1834 as part of the RIBA, and today its architectural collections are one of the top three in the world and the finest in Europe. A wealth of subjects in architecture, from prehistory to the present, is encompassed by the collections which contain over four million items in a variety of languages and formats. Allied subjects such as construction, engineering, landscape architecture, interior design and decoration, planning, and construction law are also well represented.
- GreenFILEA database that provides indexing and abstracts for over 1.2 million records and 15,000 full-text records, exploring all aspects of human impact on the environment for over 100 years.
- Building Green SuiteOffering a full archive of articles, webcasts, reports, blog posts, and infographics, Building Green offers the resources to facilitate sustainable design strategies, the collection of green materials, and the science and certification to get it all done.
Supplemental Databases
- ProQuest Research LibraryMusic, Theatre, Film, TV, Dance, Architecture, Art, Design - journal articles, trade publications and consumer publications
Subject Area(s): The Arts
- Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA Online)AATA Online is a free research database containing abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. It has been managed and published by the Getty since 1983. AATA Online contains over 156,000 records and adds approximately 4,000 new records each year through regular updates. The database also includes selected subject-specific bibliographies produced as part of the Getty Conservation Institute’s own conservation and scientific research projects or as part of specific collaborative projects in which the Institute is involved.
- CumInCADA Cumulative Index about publications in Computer Aided Architectural Design supported by the sibling associations ACADIA, CAADRIA, eCAADe, SIGraDi, ASCAAD and CAAD futures.
- Getty Research PortalThe Getty Research Portal™ is a free online search platform providing worldwide access to an extensive collection of digitized art history texts from a range of institutions. This multilingual and multicultural union catalog affords art historians and other researchers the ability to search and download complete digital copies of publications devoted to art, architecture, material culture, and related fields.
- Getty Research VocabulariesStructured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, visual surrogates, conservation, and bibliographic materials.
- MATERIAL ORDERCo-founded by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Rhode Island School of Design, Material Order is the leading resource for design materials collections at academic and cultural institutions.